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Shitposting in the TSW draft thread as usual?

If it's AI then can't the Bills just draft Alexander?

It doesn't matter how many picks they own, it's how much value they have. You can pack up everything after 132 and hardly improve the 1st or 2nd round picks. I'd keep those later picks as an incentive to individual scouts to go to bat for a guy they're sold on as being slept on, as often happens in these drafts. Beane isn't omniscient on every prospect but the guys who went to the pro days and interviewed and sifted through the game tapes, they may have an insight, which is what you're paying them for. It's kinda what we're doing on the internet too, trying to find that haystack needle.

When is Josh ever going to be on a team that holds up their part of the deal?

Saw some interviews with Oladejo and dug into a little more tape. Impressed. Starting to think I really like him at #56. He's what the Bills lack in dynamism from the edge. High upside and sounds like a walking talking Process.

I swear I've had this exact mock except sub Collins in for Sanders and no friggin punters... but hearing that Sanders is actually projected to play the 1T, I don't know how he'd hold up but the player is fine.

I'm getting more Liverpudlian out of it? But it's a great listen and the accent is just a nice dollop of treacle in your cuppa.

This release doesn't suit me.

I am also drinking for the heroic run to 8th worst place in the league for the Sabres. Maybe not this much. I do like 47's play of late, plus he has the best nickname ever... Reimer "The Ancient Mariner"

Well there ya go. Buffalo tells the entire NFL "Don't expect us to reach for a CB with our top pick" right? Right?

Alfred Collins was on the board at the Farmer pick. Most of us would have taken Collins/Revel in some order. Swinson at 109 was obvious as well. Most of the later picks had better options for my liking.

Dont'e Thornton to Ravens at 203, Isaac Teslaa to Dolphins at 224. Picking the safety at 30 had a domino effect on the draft. Mukuba at 132 would have been a coup. Kabeldue at that slot makes a hell of a lot more sense than McLaughin at 169 where you get your WR5 with upside instead. Brashard Smith is fine for 177 until you see Jaydon Blue at 187... I know they didn't do trade ups here but I would hope if Beane sees Chris Paul at 160 he goes and gets him instead of settling for Kobe King at 170.

This is the logic behind Bruce Nolan thinking the Bills may be favoring Azarayeh Thomas with the first pick after appropriate trade-down, as his strength is not necessarily carrying receivers downfield at 4.5+ but using his length and physicality to affect their short releases and quick-hitting routes. He's not necessarily suitable to traditional McD palms and pattern-matching but that has hopefully been solved often enough by KC where a change is in order. Or, look to Amos who can play both man and zone responsibilites effectively enough. 1-techs don't usually go early in any draft but this is one with a dozen guys who could potentially start 2-downs and probably another 10-20 who'd be suitable to back up DayQuil this year. What would frustrate me is they've alluded to going back to their previous approach that covets no-ceiling picks as dedicated Special Teams guys.

Peckernose on First Things Later Maybe has Bills passing on Derrick Harmon at 30 to select Trey Amos. Shockingly, he then has the Chiefs selecting Harmon at 31.

I'm drifting steadily from the belief the Bills can take a trade-down from 30 into mid-30's and secure Amos, to believing if the Bills think Amos is The Guy they'll have to take him at 30. It's just a matter if they believe he's a tier with Thomas/Hairston/Porter/Morrison/Revel, or his own level below Barron/Johnson. If it's the latter, they pick him at 30. Edit: Benjamin Morrison, not Benjamin Harrison. He's not a President yet. Also, Revel.

Amos is tops in forced incompletion rate. That's production for a CB. He checked the boxes at the combine as well.

Louisiana, Kansas... close enough. The charts say Amos is relatively good in this class... but this class is relatively weak compared to '24.

Who didn't see this coming? His name is literally "I Am A Leave".

2 trades: 1) BUF-TEN : #30+177 -> #35+103 2) BUF-DAL : #56+62 -> #47+76+204 (Dallas had traded down #44 already with Arizona)

Brugler has him CB106. Not the 106th best player... the 106th best CB. Runs 4.59, 5'10" or so, but does have longer arms for his size. Doesn't really sound like even a priority UDFA.

Feels like if the Bills don't get their CB up high there's some options in the 5th between him, MacWilliams, Corie Black, Bilhal Kone, Zah Frazier. All can run.

This ^^^ ideally the Bills can fit their draft picks to the board by value. I think I stated up there somewhere the ideal scenario is to trade down slightly from 30 to 35-40 range where the value is right for corners, and then trade up slightly from 56 to around 50 for your 1T. In some scenarios, Grant makes it down to the mid-30s and the Bills take him anyway, but then you have ammo to move up from 56 to secure your corner. Then you have the options of someone sticking out on your board at 62 at edge (Swinson?) or offer a tradeback if there's a position sticking out for some other team that can offer a 3 and a 4. That would be optimal in this draft, what I want out of the top-2 is a top CB (Hairston/Amos/Revel/Morrison) AND a top 1T (Grant/Collins/Tyleik) or EDGE (Landon Jackson, Ezeiruaku?). There's 1T's at all value levels throughout the draft.

I wouldn't love doubling up on 1T with the top 2 picks you hold when you look at the guys who project to still be available at 169: Jamaree Caldwell Oregon, Nazir Stackhouse UGA, Yahya Black Iowa, Zeek Biggers GT, Cam Horsley BC, Elijah Simmon Tenn... Poor use of assets at a non-premium position, despite the Bills' lack there.

Would like to see Chimere ***** with one of the 5th's just so SDS has to tweak the filter. Was going over the CBS mock https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/news/2025-nfl-seven-round-mock-draft-three-trades-in-round-1-before-browns-and-giants-select-qbs-on-day-2/, and and I was very ok with the first four picks - Grant, Porter, Ezeiraku, Dont'e Thornton. But looking into how they pegged the later round (i.e. sleeper which is why it's in this thread) picks... 132) Caleb Ransaw CB Tulane. So he can run but isn't really productive... maybe look at Corie Black from OSU or Bilhal Kone from Western Michigan? 169) Cam Horsley DT Boston College. Doubling up on 1T is something a lot of TSW is doing, fair value here. There's a lot of these 1T's to pick from in this range, Stackhouse from Georgia, Biggers from GT, Yahya Black from Iowa, Jamaree Caldwell from Oregon, Elijah Simmons Tennessee, etc etc there's really a lot of them. 170) CJ Dippre TE Alabama. Buscaglia has zeroed in on him too as the Morris replacement as a core-4 ST guy. He and Fidone from Nebraska seem like those kinds of guys. 173) Cory Kiner RB Cincinnati. Uhh? Brashard Smith from SMU and Travor Etienne are still on the board and this is the pick? Slow, small, drops the football? Nope. 177) Maxen Hook S Toledo. He's yet another box-type, where the Bills need a free-type who has range and can go get the ball in the air, and in that area there's projectable guys like Marquis Sigle from K State, or JJ Roberts from Marshall as a poor man's Mukuba/Bowman. (Kitan Crawford went 162 to the Jets, boooo) 206) Elijah Ponder EDGE Cal-Poly for #206 recently, I started looking in and seems like a toolsy guy who beat up on inferior opponents which is fine at this point to see if he can step up a couple levels. I think we know what Kingsley Jonathan's ceiling is by now and it's practice squad.